Nigeria leads mobile app market growth in Africa as use of gaming apps surge 44% from Q1 2020 – News

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The pandemic’s effect on the global app market has not been hard to miss. In the first quarter and first half of this year, consumer spending in mobile apps hit new records at $32 billion and $64.9 billion, respectively. In Africa, it can be tough to call out exact numbers on consumer spending because the … Read more

Couchbase adds support for multi-statement SQL transactions

Couchbase adds support for multi-statement SQL transactions

Let the OSS Enterprise newsletter guide your open source journey! Sign up here. Couchbase today delivered a major update to its namesake database that adds support for the multi-statement SQL transactions driving transaction processing (OLTP) applications. Version 7.0 of Couchbase extends existing support for SQL into the realm of applications that were mainly the preserve of relational databases. … Read more

Xiaomi global shipments push past Apple for No. 2 spot – News

Xiaomi global shipments push past Apple for No. 2 spot – TechCrunch

A banner quarter for Xiaomi helped the Chinese mobile company snag the No. 2 spot in global smartphone shipments, according to newly posted Q2 numbers from research firm Canalys. It’s pretty stunning growth for the company, up 83% year-over-year for the quarter and capturing 17% of the global market. The surge puts Xiaomi at No. … Read more

nDreams kickstarts new VR studio led by mobile game veteran

nDreams kickstarts new VR studio led by mobile game veteran

nDreams has launched a new virtual reality game studio headed by mobile gaming veteran Chris White. White is a former senior development leader at Electronic Arts (The Sims Social), Glu Mobile (Project Gotham) and Space Ape Games (Transformers: Earth Wars and Samurai Siege). Now he will run a studio for live game development at nDreams. … Read more

Apple Patched Zero-Day Bug Under Attack For Mac and iOS Devices

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Apple has recently rolled out a short macOS and iOS update with a critical security fix. This update patched a zero-day bug under attack targeting Apple devices. Apple Patched Zero-Day Under Attack Recently, Apple has fixed a serious security vulnerability that affected a range of products. Precisely, the tech giant has patched a zero-day under … Read more